Onam Sadya Vibhavangal...

For the Want of a Leaf.....

This year, we found the traditional banana leaves to serve the Onam Sadya, without any blemish or cracks from a selection at our local ethnic market.

Thanks to our Malayalee grocer...who had help from the markets in Florida, Latin America, the local Chinese grocery supplier, the long-term-resident, enterprising-Malayalee-backyard-gardener...

We found three perfect  top-portion, banana leaves, cut to serving length for this year's Onam Sadya.

Traditional Boiled Plantains- Pazham Nurukku

Mixed Vegetables in  Coconut-Buttermilk - Avial/ Aviyal

Winter Melon and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk - Olan

Sour Coconut and sour buttermilk curry- Kaalan

Erisseri

Palakkad Matta Rice  with Sambhar

Vignettes from previous years...

Onam Mathoru

Sadya Vibhavangal - 2011

Onam Sadya Vibhavangal- 2010